L’Horloge de Flore (Flower-Clock)
Here is the opening hour, 3:00 am the Galant du Jour, from the larger work L'Horloge de Flore, otherwise known as The Flower Clock, written by Jean Francaix. In my opinion, this work is under [...]
April 2024
Jacob T.V. The Garden of Love
Here is "The Garden of Love" by Jacob ter Veldhuis for Oboe and Boombox(Soundtrack). This an exciting work that incorporates spoken poetry, prerecorded nature sounds, and electronic effects. This piece provides an excellent opportunity to [...]
Oh the Drama!
Here is the opening section of Antonino Pasculli's Concerto sopra motivi dell'opera 'La favorita' di Donizetti. Wow, that is a mouthful. However, it is a wonderful example of the opera fantasy genre that became popular [...]
Ten Blake Songs by Ralph Vaughan-Williams
Here are two selections from the Ten Blake Songs by Ralph Vaughan-Williams for Voice (Soprano or Tenor) and Oboe based on the poetry of William Blake. These are a wonderful set of songs that allow [...]
April 2020
Contemporary Techniques for Oboe: Quarter-tones
Here is one technique that people tend to shy away from. They seem complicated and you have to do some manipulating the reed for them to be 100% accurate. But not if you [...]
March 2020
Have water problems? Try this!!
Hello all, FINALLY here is the long promised post for how to prevent water issues. This is a process that I learned in 2008 and have, for the vast majority of the time, not had [...]
October 2019
Happy Fall!
The official transition from summer to fall has begun! May the reeds rain down like leaves🍁 #oboe #oboereeds #oboeplayer #oboelife #reeds #idrs
July 2019
IDRS Class on Contemporary Techniques
Thank you for coming! There was a larger than expected crowd and while I was very excited to see everyone there were not enough handouts to go around. So here is the promised handout in [...]
Baroque Oboe and Redgate Oboe class
I recently gave a class at Central Michigan University Reed Camp in which I was presenting on the baroque oboe and the Howarth Redgate oboe. At first I was not quite sure [...]
June 2019
Contemporary Techniques for Oboe- Glissandi and Pitch Bend
Glissandi can be done on oboe with knowledge of when the breaks of a gliss happen and how to bridge those gaps. For instance, certain notes are easy to gliss between while others are [...]